2024 Goals

[fourohfourrealitynotfound]

Here's some things I want to accomplish in 2024!

1. Explore [City I’m living in for the next 4 months]
2. Write + post “damn, baby, you’ve got me good” (series of klance 5+1 fics I’ve been working on)
3. Tat (lacemaking tecnique) a necklace
4. Do more sourdough (pancakes, bagels, pretzels)
5. Finish my temperature blanket
6. Bind more of “The Blonde Collection” (my project to bind my favorite works by leblonde)
7. Write (at least part of) “it takes three to play catan” (working title for my giant Keith/Lance/Hunk fic)
8. Organize something
9. Read 75 books
10. Curate a more positive internet experience

Comments

[vriddy]

Exploring, creating, baking, and more :D I really appreciate #10. It's something I think about a lot. Best of luck with your goals! :)

[fourohfourrealitynotfound]

Thank you so much!

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> Explore [City I’m living in for the next 4 months] <<

https://www.ef.edu/blog/language/get-lost-explore-new-city-9-easy-steps/

https://www.letsroam.com/explorer/best-ways-to-explore-a-new-city/

https://www.moving.com/tips/discovering-your-community/


>> Do more sourdough (pancakes, bagels, pretzels)<<

https://ourgabledhome.com/the-best-sourdough-books/

https://practicalselfreliance.com/sourdough-recipes/

https://makeitdough.com/sourdough-recipes-that-arent-bread/

https://www.pantrymama.com/sourdough-discard-recipes/


I'm a big fan of wild yeast. Someone brought loaves to a potluck that were cultured from wild grape skins and such.

https://www.hobbyfarms.com/capturing-wild-yeast-2/

https://morningchores.com/capture-wild-yeast/

https://food52.com/blog/16792-the-wonderful-woolly-world-of-wild-yeast-and-how-to-catch-your-own

https://www.masterclass.com/articles/wild-yeast-guide

https://bootlegbiology.com/diy/capturing-yeast/

https://food52.com/recipes/54476-sam-fromartz-sourdough-starter

https://www.pantrymama.com/different-types-of-sourdough-starters

You will get the most far-out results by starting with less-common methods, such as putting a bit of mashed fruit in your starter or using anything other than wheat flour. Different yeasts like to eat different things. Also it's like Bertie Botts Every Flavor Bread. :D You will get the occasional Eau de Old Socks and What Died Here? But you will also get flowers, chocolate, malt, vanilla -- countless wild and glorious things from yeast friends who haven't sat down to bake with a human friend in 6,000 years.

If you're at the "Do more" stage in your sourdough journey, then I heartily encourage you to make some new yeast friends from the wild. These baked goods can be worthy of a charcuterie board.

>>Finish my temperature blanket<<

Oh yay! I've seen pictures of those, and I wrote a poem about the technique.

>> Organize something<<

LOL yes, that's one of mine too.

>> Curate a more positive internet experience<<

I created the Good News and Cuddle Party entries in the Wednesday rotation of my recurring posts. Feel free to copy or modify those for your own needs; several people have.

Other recurring posts include many suitable items for this goal, such as

awesomeers does a Just One Thing post daily to share in each other's accomplishments. Anything counts. 3_good_things_a_day makes a daily gather post where you can comment with your own three things.

Subscribe to or regularly visit places that post positive news. Link it and talk about it. Readers love that stuff, and in this world, we need all the positivity we can get.

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/

https://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news

https://www.positive.news/

Re: Thoughts

[fourohfourrealitynotfound]

Ooh more resources!! Thank you!

My sourdough is at the "make enough different things to keep using my starter" stage. Georg (starter) got neglected last semester with some stuff going on and went off after a roommate left some food to get moldy in the fridge :( so the goal this semester is to teach that roommate how to monitor expiration dates and use my starter on a more regular basis.

I want to try doing a smaller bread loaf next week (we're rehydradating a backup this week). Cause I cannot get through a whole large loaf on my own without freezing it.

I should definitely explore more flavors eventually. Right now Georg is on a whole wheat diet. I also want to try some inclusions to get more flavors.

Re: Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> My sourdough is at the "make enough different things to keep using my starter" stage.<<

There are hundreds of recipes to play around with.

https://keeperofthehome.org/using-sourdough-in-wonderful-and-unusual-ways/

>> Georg (starter) got neglected last semester with some stuff going on and went off after a roommate left some food to get moldy in the fridge :( so the goal this semester is to teach that roommate how to monitor expiration dates and use my starter on a more regular basis.<<

It can be very challenging to keep a fridge with nothing past-due in it. Some folks keep a minifridge for their cultures.

>>I want to try doing a smaller bread loaf next week (we're rehydradating a backup this week). Cause I cannot get through a whole large loaf on my own without freezing it.<<

Well, there are small-loaf pans, or you can try shaping artisan boules.

https://www.aheadofthyme.com/small-batch-sourdough-bread/

https://www.pantrymama.com/small-batch-sourdough-bread/

https://figjamandlimecordial.com/2015/04/07/sourdough-mini-loaves-and-melba-toasts/

It also makes great bread bowls:
https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/sourdough-bread-bowls/


>>I should definitely explore more flavors eventually. Right now Georg is on a whole wheat diet. I also want to try some inclusions to get more flavors.<<

https://countryroadssourdough.com/21sourdoughaddins/